The Danish History, Books I-IX

by Saxo Grammaticus

Overview

This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index

CONTENTS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
INTRODUCTION.
SAXO'S POSITION.
LIFE OF SAXO.
THE HISTORY.
HISTORY OF THE WORK.
THE MSS.
SAXO AS A WRITER.
FOLK LORE INDEX.
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
CUSTOMARY LAW.
STATUTE LAWS.
WAR.
SOCIAL LIFE AND MANNERS.
SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.
FUNERAL RITES AND MAN'S FUTURE STATE.
MAGIC AND FOLK-SCIENCE.
FOLK-TALES.
SAXO'S MYTHOLOGY.

THE DANISH HISTORY OF SAXO GRAMMATICUS.
PREFACE.
BOOK ONE.
BOOK TWO
BOOK FOUR.
BOOK FIVE.
BOOK EIGHT.
BOOK NINE.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014419505
Publisher:	VolumesOfValue
Publication date:	05/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
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About the Author

"Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150 – 1220) also known as Saxo cognomine Longus was a Danish historian, thought to have been a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author of the first full history of Denmark." -- Wikipedia